Delaware Birth Certificate Law: Gender Identity Issues
Issues a new or amended birth certificate? Yes.
Delaware law permits transsexuals who were born in Delaware to amend their birth certificates and receive new birth certificates upon receipt of a court order which verifies that they have undergone sex-reassignment surgery and had a name change.
Citations: DEL. CODE ANN. TIT. 16, § 3131; CODE DEL. REGS. 40 700 049.
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Last Updated: 3/8/2007